Jesse Torres

About Jesse Torres

I help businesses resolve end user computing problems with a mix of engineering, creativity, automation, and ingenuity. I have over 15 years experience as a technology author, engineer, and manager in the private, corporate, financial, and government sectors. My logical and goal orientated nature married with my unique combination of management, systems administration, desktop engineering, software development, database design and administration, and technical writing skills enable me to successfully tackle a variety of IT challenges.Over my career, I have successfully filled a variety of roles in building up, running, and managing technology infrastructure, processes, and people. Some of my leadership roles and responsibilities include managing and technically leading various teams with responsibilities for systems engineering, technology procurement, systems provisioning, and software distribution and patch management. Through my coding, scripting, and automation skills, I have successfully designed, created/coded, and implemented core IT infrastructure including: company wide help desk, CMDB and asset tracking system, system performance monitoring and alerting, security monitoring and alerting, business process scheduler, and much more.Through my engineering skills, I successfully designed and implemented many other parts of core IT infrastructure including: systems management, systems provisioning, software distribution and packaging, antivirus, patch management, security solutions, infrastructure monitoring solutions, and much more.Specialties: PUBLICATIONSBooks•Windows Admin Scripting•Windows Admin Scripting•Windows Admin Scripting 2nd Edition•Windows Admin Scripting 3rd Edition•Windows Admin Programing with Visual C# 2005•Surviving PC Mishaps, Disasters, and BlundersMagazine Articles•Script detects infected filesOnline Articles•Signs of a good job gone badTechnical Editing•Robot Building for Dummies

Experience

1. Senior Core Platform Engineer

   Bridgewater Associates

   Apr 2001 — Present

   Bridgewater Associates is a global investment manager and the world\'s largest hedge fund manager. I am proud to be a part of this community of highly intelligent, dedicated, and caring professionals and part of the company\'s pursuit of excellence at all costs.Positions held include Senior Core Platform Engineer, IT Manager, and Senior Systems Engineer.

Education

• University of Connecticut

  Bachelors, Versatile Technology, Communications

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Active Directory
• Books
• Virtualization
• System Administration
• Operating Systems
• Disaster Recovery
• Data Center
• Software Development
• Vmware
• Iis
• Cloud Computing
• Integration
• Security
• Enterprise Architecture
• Vendor Management